Bibliograph

Pearl Harbor, from infamy to greatness, by Craig Nelson

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Pearl Harbor, from infamy to greatness, by Craig Nelson

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 907-945)

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Pearl Harbor

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

957139772

Responsibility statement

by Craig Nelson

Series statement

Thorndike Press large print popular and narrative nonfiction

Sub title

from infamy to greatness

Summary

The America we live in was not born on July 4, 1776, but on December 7, 1941, when an armada of Japanese warplanes supported by aircraft carriers, destroyers, and midget submarines suddenly attacked the United States, killing 2,403 men and forcing America's entry into World War II. Author Craig Nelson maps the road to war, beginning in 1914 with the laying of the keel of the USS Arizona at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, following Japan's leaders as they lurched into ultranationalist fascism, and providing a blow-by-blow account from both the Japanese and American perspectives. Backed by 5 years of research, Nelson delivers all the terror, chaos, violence, tragedy, and heroism of the attack in stunning detail and offers surprising conclusions about the tragedy's unforeseen and resonant consequences that linger even today--, Adapted from book jacket

Table Of Contents

Dreadnoughts and holystones -- The roads to war. Conceiving the inconceivable ; A sinister wind ; Autumn 1941 ; November ; December 6 -- Strike! From the air ; Pearl Harbor ; Describing the indescribable ; Infamy ; Resurrection -- Victory. Vengeance ; Triumph ; Legacy -- Appendix 1. Judgment and controversy -- Appendix 2. The Medal of Honor

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